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MONDAY ESSAY: Baby Business – Wombs For Rent: Unpacking Surrogacy Laws In Ghana
Hitherto, there was no legal recognition of surrogacy or any other assisted reproductive birth in Ghana. However, currently, surrogacy is…
MONDAY ESSAY: Balancing Director Accountability And Entrepreneurial Freedom In Ghanaian Companies
The business judgment rule is a presumption that in making a business decision, the directors of a corporation acted on…
MONDAY ESSAY: Balancing Rights: Examining The Prosecutor’s Right To Appeal Criminal Conviction And Sentences
Under traditional common law, the state generally does not have the right to appeal a verdict of acquittal or a…
MONDAY ESSAY: Laying Claim To The Constitution And Asserting Sovereignty: We the People
In enabling the government (past and present) to control the governed, the people of Ghana obliged it to control itself,…
MONDAY ESSAY: The Value Of Dissent & How Legal Disagreements Shape The Law
Dissent is an appeal to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of a future day, when a…
MONDAY ESSAY: Tomorrow Always Comes: Reforming With Posterity In Mind
All is not lost, all the same! The present legal generation has a part to play in representing posterity by…
The Art Of Persuasion: Crafting Compelling Arguments
The journey to construct a good argument requires a map that others can follow in order to get to the…
MONDAY ESSAY: New Year – Same You: Reflecting On The Past & Resolving For The Future
The Ghanaian lawyer and the legal profession in general, in the past year, has made significant progress and exceled in…
MONDAY ESSAY: Lawyers As Critics, Judges As Targets: Reflections On Judicial Criticism And Resilience In The New Year
Uninformed criticism erodes the public trust in the judiciary and undermines its authority. Criticism should be constructive and respectful, focusing…
MONDAY ESSAY: The Corpse In Court: Examining Judicial Attitudes To Restraining Orders Over Dead Bodies
Injunctions are purposed to protect a right where that legal right could be asserted either at law or equity. This…



